1996 in France

none August 2022 April 2022 1996 Events from the year 1996 in France. Incumbents President – Jacques Chirac Prime Minister – Alain Juppé Events 8 January – Former president of France and founder of the Socialist Party of France, François Mitterrand, dies.François Mitterrand (21st President of France) https://www.onthisday.com/people/francois-mitterrand 2025-12-23 On This Day en 29 January – President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear testing.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FmJ2eIvto8 France-Chirac Announces End To Pacific Nuke Tests 2015-07-21 AP Archive 2025-12-23 YouTube 5 May – A fire in Paris destroys much of Crédit Lyonnais bank's headquarters.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7og2LKugm-M FRANCE: PARIS: HUGE FIRE AT HEADQUARTERS OF CREDIT LYONNAIS BANK 2015-07-21 AP Archive 2025-12-23 YouTube 23 May – Members of the Armed Islamic Group in Algeria kill seven French Trappist monks, after talks with French government concerning the imprisonment of several GIA sympathisers break down. 27 – 29 June – 22nd G7 summit takes place in Lyon.1996 Lyon Summit https://g7.utoronto.ca/summit/1996lyon/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20250315031925/https://g7.utoronto.ca/summit/1996lyon/index.htm 2025-03-15 2025-12-23 g7.utoronto.ca 8 October – Launch of Renault Mégane Scénic, a five-seater mini MPV based on the floorpan of the standard Mégane hatchback.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-DNQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RVUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7422,702360&dq=renault-megane-scenic&hl=en Ludington Daily News – Google News Archive Search 18 November – Channel Tunnel fire on a truck being carried on an HGV shuttle.Inquiry into the fire on Heavy Goods Vehicle shuttle 7539 on 18 November 1996 :: The Railways Archive https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=372 2025-12-23 www.railwaysarchive.co.uk Full date unknown: Tennis Elbow video game is released in November 1996.Mana Games • Previsional "Tennis Elbow 4" Planning https://www.managames.com/Forum/topic15-19240.php 2020-10-23 managames.com Arts and literature 26 January - 24 March 1996 The Traffic (art exhibition) was on show CAPC Musée d'art Contemporain de BordeauxMAY, Quarterly Journal » Traffic: Space-times of the Exchange https://www.mayrevue.com/en/traffic-espaces-temps-de-lechange/ 2023-01-30 www.mayrevue.com La Dernière Fête produced by Pierre Granier-Deferre was released La DERNIÈRE FÊTE (1996) https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b80066f93 https://web.archive.org/web/20190515173821/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b80066f93 dead 15 May 2019 2023-01-30 BFI en Sport 29 June – Tour de France begins. 30 June – French Grand Prix won by Damon Hill of the United Kingdom. 21 July – Tour de France ends, won by Bjarne Riis of Denmark. Births 7 February – Pierre Gasly, racing driver 8 February – Lys Mousset, footballer 26 February – Bertille Noël-Bruneau, actress. 21 March – Adam Ellis, grasstrack and speedway rider. 26 April – Laurine Lecavelier, figure skater. 9 May – Caroline Costa, singer and TV presenter. 13 June – Kingsley Coman, footballer. 21 June – Léa Lemare, ski jumper. 29 June – Estelle Elizabeth, ice dancer. 14 August – Neal Maupay, footballer. 15 August – Bahia Bakari, survivor of Yemenia Flight 626. 27 August – Estel-Anaïs Hubaud, competitor. 17 September – Esteban Ocon, racing driver 20 September – Anaïs Ventard, figure skater. 22 September – Anthoine Hubert, racing driver (died 2019) 27 September – Maxwel Cornet, footballer 12 December – Mathéo Tuscher, Swiss-born racing driver. 17 December – Anne Kuhm, gymnast. Deaths January 8 January – François Mitterrand, President of France from 1981 to 1995 (born 1916). 15 January – Max Varnel, film and television director (born 1925). February 6 February – Jacques Wertheimer, businessman (born 1911). 11 February – Pierre Edouard Leopold Verger, photographer and ethnographer (born 1902). 14 February – Louis Finot, international soccer player (born 1909). 17 February – Hervé Bazin, writer (born 1911). March 2 March – Célestin Delmer, international soccer player (born 1907). 3 March – Marguerite Duras, writer and film director (born 1914). 3 March – Léo Malet, novelist (born 1909). 17 March – René Clément, screenwriter and film director (born 1913). 20 March – Claude Bourdet, writer, journalist and politician (born 1909). 22 March – Claude Mauriac, author and journalist (born 1914). 24 March – Jean-Claude Piumi, soccer player (born 1940). 29 March – Christophe Caze, terrorist (born 1969). April to June 21 April – Robert Hersant, newspaper magnate (born 1920). 29 April – François Picard, motor racing driver (born 1921). 25 May – Barney Wilen, saxophonist and jazz composer (born 1937). 30 May – Léon-Etienne Duval, cardinal (born 1903). 15 June Raymond Salles, rower (born 1920). Yvonne Vallée, actress (born 1899). 17 June – François Mercier, footballer (born 1916). July to September 17 July – Paul Touvier, convicted of crime against humanity for his Collaborationist role during Vichy France (born 1915). 29 July – Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, mathematician (born 1920). 2 August – Michel Debré, politician and first Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic (born 1912). 4 August – André Trochut, cyclist (born 1931). 30 August – Christine Pascal, actress, writer and director (born 1953). October to December 11 October – Pierre Grimal, historian and classicist (born 1912). 12 October – René Lacoste, tennis player (born 1904). 12 October – Roger Lapébie, cyclist, won the 1937 Tour de France (born 1911). 15 October – Pierre Franey, chef and food writer (born 1921). 17 October – Jean-Pierre Munch, cyclist (born 1926). 26 October – Henri Lepage, fencer (born 1908). 31 October – Marcel Carné, film director (born 1906). 3 December – Georges Duby, historian (born 1919). 3 December – Jean Tabaud, artist (born 1914). 9 December – Alain Poher, politician (born 1909). 11 December – Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, member of the French Resistance (born 1912). 21 December – Alfred Tonello, cyclist (born 1929). 25 December – Roger Duchesne, actor (born 1906). 25 December – Gabriel Loire, stained glass artist (born 1904). 29 December – Mireille Hartuch, singer, composer and actress (born 1906). Full date unknown André-Georges Haudricourt, anthropologist and linguist (born 1911). See also List of French films of 1996 References 1996 France France Category:1990s in France Category:Years of the 20th century in France